The Los Angeles City Council has removed a ballot measure that would have required hotels in the city to offer vacant rooms to the homeless, a question that was due to come up for a city-wide vote in March 2024.

In a deal that was worked out with trade groups and unions, the City Council is enacting a set of new regulations governing the approval process for new hotels, including the replacement of housing units that are demolished to make way for any hotel development.

The Hotel Association of Los Angeles hailed the agreement and specifically the removal of the ballot measure, which it said would have thrust hotel workers into the forefront of the city's homelessness crisis, which Mayor Karen Bass has declared a state of emergency.